† accrementitialadj.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin accrēmentum, English -itial.
Etymology: < classical Latin accrēmentum addition (see accrementitious adj.) + -itial (compare -al suffix1), after French accrémentitiel (1851 in the passage translated in 1852 at accrementitious adj., or earlier). Compare accrementition n. and earlier accrementitious adj. Compare also excrementitial adj. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ:krĭmĕnti·ʃăl) /ˌækrɪmənˈtɪʃəl/.
Biology.
Obsolete.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
1878 Accrementitial, growing by internal increase or accrementition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
adj.1878